dégorgement, n.m., breaking out, overflowing; unstopping; outfall, outflow. — d’un tuyau; cleansing, unstopping of a pipe.
dégorgeoir (-joar), n.m., priming-iron, vent-bit (for guns); outlet, issue; spout.
dégorger, v.a., to clear, to open; to cleanse, to scour.
dégorger, v.n., to discharge one’s self, to overflow. Faire —; to purge (fish); (fig.) to make any one stump up.
se dégorger, v.r., to discharge, to empty itself; to get unstopped, to get clear.
dégoter, v.a., (pop.) to knock down; to oust, to displace, to push off.
dégourdi, -e, adj., quick, sharp, acute, shrewd (pers.); tepid (water). C’est un homme bien —; he is a shrewd fellow.
dégourdi, n.m., -e, n.f., quick, sharp, acute, shrewd man or boy; pert, forward woman or girl.
dégourdir, v.a., to quicken, to revive; to sharpen, to render shrewd; to polish. — ses jambes; to stretch one’s limbs. Faire — de l’eau; to take the chill off water. — un jeune homme; to polish a young man.
se dégourdir, v.r., to remove the numbness from; to lose the numbness of; to stretch one’s self; to become sharp, polished, shrewd; to brighten up.